Collectors & Explorers

R G S Anderson

Flint microlith, Mark Farm, Castle Kennedy

Period:

Neolithic

Description:

A small flint microlith with curving retouch along one
edge. Microliths date from the Mesolithic period but are
sometimes found among later flint scatters. This suggests
that some sites were used over long periods of time.

Hundreds of flint tools were found in ploughed fields at Mark in
the 1930s. They mark the site of a fairly large Neolithic
settlement. Many of these flints were collected by local farm
workers and given to the local minister, R. G. Anderson.